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Defence sequence

Video game concept

Includes one or more segments where the player must defend someone or something that is outside of their control and can't be replaced.

117
games
15
platforms

Alternate names: Protection sequence, Escort mission
Name variations: Defense sequence

Star Trek: Legacy (Windows)
Star Trek: Legacy
WIN 2006-12-06
Freespace (Windows)
Freespace
WIN 1998-05-31
Dark Void (Windows)
Dark Void
WIN 2010-01
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Wii)
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
WII 2008-10-21
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Windows)
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
WIN 2002-03
The Operative: No One Lives Forever (PlayStation 2)
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
PS2 2002-04-18
Silent Hill 2 (PlayStation 2)
Silent Hill 2
PS2 2001-09-25
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PlayStation 3)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
PS3 2009-06-09
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (PlayStation 2)
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
PS2 2008-10
Red Faction: Guerrilla (Xbox 360)
Red Faction: Guerrilla
X360 2009-06-02
Assassin's Creed II (PlayStation 3)
Assassin's Creed II
PS3 2009-11-17
Saints Row: The Third (Xbox 360)
Saints Row: The Third
X360 2011-11-15
This tag will become obsolete if/when strengthed tags are implemented.

Otherwise this tag works nicely when the defend objective breaks the normal game flow.

This does not include "defend/escort" missions/sequences where the one you're escorting is invulnerable or otherwise less likely to die than you yourself.
Parent:
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Parent group

Sequences

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The first Defence sequence video game was released on July 1989.

THQ, 2K Games and Deep Silver published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Escort Mission)

Platforms

Windows 51
Linux 15
X360 13
PS3 11
Mac OS X 9
PS2 6
Xbox 3
Wii 2
Xbox One 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Pandora 1
NES 1
PS 1
N64 1
GameCube 1